Politics

Turkey may be about to legalise the rape of young girls under the of 15, as Parliament consider passing a controversial new bill.  Turkey’s governing party has left MPs furious after proposing a bill that will pardon thousands of existing child rapists if the perpetrator marries his victim. It will also allow would-be rapists to rape young girls in the future, as long as they marry them. Telegraph.co.uk reports: The controversial proposal would apply to statutory rape cases without use of “force, threat, or any other restriction on consent” involving girls aged 15 or younger.

A woman investigating  human trafficking and pedophile ring connections to the Clinton Foundation has been found dead in a suspicious suicide. As uncovered on Reddit, Monica Peterson was working for the Human Trafficking Center in Haiti and had uncovered evidence of a child sex ring and human trafficking scheme connected to the Clintons. Thepoliticalinsider.com reports: Peterson previously worked for the Colorado Human Trafficking Council’s Data & Research Task Force. Early in 2016, a friend shared her blog post which was critical of Hillary Clinton’s shady dealings in Haiti.

Jay Z and wife Beyonce have announced plans to run for President in the 2020 race, with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s blessing.  The superstar couple are apparently preparing to launch a huge political campaign that will rival fellow rapper Kanye West’s bid for President in 2020 too. According to Radar Online, the couple openly support the Democratic party and Hillary Clinton, and following her defeat earlier this month, they’re now seriously considering trying to win the White House. Inquisitr.com reports: The rapper and his 32-year-old wife openly support the Democratic party.

Kanye West has come out in support of Donald Trump, telling a stunned audience in California that he has been inspired to run for President himself in 2020.  To a collective boo from the audience, an undeterred Kanye West explained that even though he didn’t vote for either candidate earlier in the month, “if I would have voted, I would have voted on Trump“. He went onto  reiterate his plans to run in the 2020 presidential election, a promise he made last year at the MTV VMA’s.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country will oppose any attempts to disrupt the strategic balance around the world, including those by NATO’s global anti-ballistic missile defense system.